How To Get There?

Just drive south from Hobart to Kettering (40 minutes drive), paid $33 (for normal vehicle fare) on the spot and get on the ferry. A short 20 minutes ferry ride across to Bruny Island. More info about the ferry fare and timetable, here.

Up to 12 walks around the island (from 10 minutes to 5 hours circuit walk)

Bird watching

Island Scenic flights

Other attractions:

Inala Nature Museum & Jurassic Gardens

Our Bruny Island Trip – Main Attractions

1. “The Neck”

“The Neck” located half-way between north and south Bruny Island. It’s an amazing sight on top of the lookout to view the optical illusion that makes the sea-level appear higher on one side than the other.

Driving distance from Bruny Island ferry drop off to The Neck: 20 minutes

Just park the car beside the road and climb the 279 steps before reaching the top.The amazing view on top of the lookout. Image by Francesco Supertramp(CC BY 2.0) Flick

During the warmer months, penguins nest can be spotted under the lookout too.

2. Cape Bruny Lighthouse

We stopped at Bruny Island Premium Wines, Cider and Grill for lunch and some cider tasting before continue driving south to Cape Bruny Lighthouse.

Cape Bruny Lighthouse is further than we could imagine. All the way to the southwest of the island. If you’re driving from the ferry terminal it could take 1 hour on the road just to get there. It was a good idea to stop for lunch somewhere halfway the journey.

Beautiful and long road to Cape Bruny LighthouseView from Cape Bruny LighthouseJust peacefully sitting at the southern point of Bruny Island

Since we have driven all the way there, might as well join the lighthouse tour that cost only $10 per person.

Cape Bruny Lighthouse is the only Southern Tasmanian lighthouse open for inspection.It is the second oldest extant lighthouse tower in Australia, as well as having the longest (158 years) history of being continuously manned. It was first lit in March 1838 and was eventually decommissioned on 6 August 1996

Suggestions?

That’s all summarized the highlights of our trip to Bruny Island. If you have any other suggestions on what to do on Bruny Island, please comment below! Otherwise, I hope this itinerary will give you a good insight before visiting Bruny Island.